Explosions aside, Boris Johnson is still The One and no politician can match him

The man who described Theresa May’s half-in, half-out Brexit surrender as a 'polished turd', is it back at it again by comparing her Chequers blueprint to a 'suicide vest' wrapped around British sovereignty

The Sun scoop about his divorce from loyal wife Marina after another scandalous liaison with a pretty blonde was not part of his strategy. It was good, old-fashioned journalism versus stubborn resistance.

After all, who wants the world to know your own daughter thinks you are a “selfish bastard”?

Voters would be entitled to wonder if a man who won’t keep his fly zipped can be trusted with the keys to Number Ten.

In fact, the latest bombshell is unlikely to harm BoJo’s enduring popularity.

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Boris may not be able to keep his fly zipped, but the split from wife Marina will not harm his enduring popularity

By his own frank admission, he is insatiable. “My policy on cake is pro-having it and ­pro-eating it,” he says.

But BoJo’s enemies — including Theresa May — intend to make him pay for his ramshackle private life.

Number Ten rightly denies leaking details of his affair with an ex-Tory staffer.

But their name is all over a secret dossier now in circulation, smearing Mrs May’s greatest rival.

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BoJo’s enemies — including Theresa May — want to make him pay for his ramshackle private life

It was compiled in 2016 after the Brexit vote, but the “Kill Boris” agenda, led yesterday by his disloyal former deputy Sir Alan Duncan, remains in full swing today.

Plan A is to prevent a leadership frenzy at next month’s party conference.

Plan B is to stop Tory Party members picking Boris from one of the final two candidates.

This is a massive gamble for a party which, despite the near-disintegration of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, is four points behind in the polls.

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Sir Alan Duncan, who leads the kill Boris agenda, will try to stop a leadership challenge at next month’s party conference

Tories, together with swathes of voters in all parties, are totally behind both Brexit and Boris. They believe he is right about “chucking Chequers”.

Most fear it is a sell-out, leaving Britain a vassal state with no say in the EU but taking orders from it. Many prefer the risk of a clean- break Brexit to forking out £40BILLION and still accepting mass immigration, the single market and the rulings of the European Court of Justice.

And, like many MPs who believe Boris is the only Tory who can save their seats from a disastrous Marxist coup, they want the chance to see him run.

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Nearest rival Sajid Javid’s impressive start as Home Secretary is marred only by his ill-judged support for Remain and close ties to George Osborne

He is miles ahead of nearest rival Sajid Javid, whose impressive start as Home Secretary is marred only by his ill-judged support for Remain and his worryingly close ties with Project Fear’s George Osborne.

Jeremy Hunt, another late Brexit convert, is in third place.

Theresa May has surely taught her party it must not pick another Remainer as leader.